St. Luke provides us with a streamlined version of The Lord's Prayer. We are accustomed to praying it as presented by St. Matthew, but this shorter version might help us touch the essence of this familiar prayer a little bit better: Father, hallowed be your name,/ your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread/ and forgive us our sins/ for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,/ and do not subject us to the final test. (Lk 11: 1-4). Bishop Robert Barron's summary might also help us to pray this prayer from the heart rather than in our usual rote, fast paced manner.
Can
you see how this prayer rightly orders us? We must put God’s holy name
first; we must strive to do his will in all things and at all times; we
must be strengthened by spiritual food or we will fall; we must be
agents of forgiveness; we must be able to withstand the dark powers.--
Take a few deep breaths and pray this prayer slowly, and attentively,
Bro. Rene
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